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The Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory: Psychometric Properties in a Spanish Sample

P. MedinaCristina BotellaRosa Mª BañosSoledad Quero

subject

AdultMale050103 clinical psychologyAdolescentPsychometricsConcurrent validitySample (statistics)Fear of negative evaluationFactor structurebehavioral disciplines and activitiesCatchment Area Health0504 sociologySurveys and Questionnairesmental disordersmedicineHumans0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesSocial avoidanceGeneral PsychologyAged05 social sciences050401 social sciences methodsSpanish versionMiddle AgedAnxiety DisordersDistressPhobic DisordersSpainAnxietyFemalemedicine.symptomPsychologyClinical psychology

description

This study is a validation of the Spanish version of the Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory using a nonclinical sample (198 participants) and a clinical sample (72 participants with social phobia). The factor structure and concurrent validity with Fear of Negative Evaluation and Social Avoidance and Distress scales were analyzed. The Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory demonstrated good concurrent validity, showing statistically significant relationships with Fear of Negative Evaluation and Social Avoidance and Distress. Results confirmed the rationale for the division of the SPAI into two subscales. Results also demonstrated the utility of the Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory for differentiating between a nonclinical sample and participants with a social phobia, and its adequate reliability.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2007-06-15Psychological Reports
https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.100.2.441-450